Peregrinations
(Mobile post.) In Portland. Went to Vancouver Island, then Seattle. Lovely lovely time. Now Portland. Identity crisis at hipster over-exposure. Am I like that? One hopes not. Went to a bridge festival, an incredible farmers’s market with talented young hipsters playing hobo ragtime, spent too much at Powell’s, pesto pizza, microbrews and microbrews. Dance show, free play at theatre festival - Will Eno’s “Gnit,” satirical modernization of Ibsen’s “Peer Gynt.” Hilarious, thoughtful, made me want to write. Chai and dolmas at Tea Lounge, watched indie band with too much delay on lead guitar, made me sleepy. Today, craft fair, brewfest, free concert on bar patio. Loving this town. It’s like they made it just for me.